Regarding Putin's intransigence with his "I will not negotiate".

First of all, this has happened before. He has said this many times since the beginning of the war and then changed the subject to negotiations. He is a pathological liar and easily renounces his own words.

Secondly, I've said this many times: he or his successors will engage in real negotiations only when:

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